Improved pah-lifter



PATENTED FEB 25 186.8

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MORRIILL A'. SHE'PARD, onv mine-EPORT, ILLINOIS.

Lette'rsraemlvo. 74,855, dated February 25, 1868.

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TO ALL IT MAY CONCERN: v I B e it known Vthat I, MORRILL A. SIIEPARD,-ofBridgeport, Lawrence county, and State of Illi.nois,lhave invented4 a.certain new and useful Pan-Lifter; and dohereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference'beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, making part'of this specilica'tion.

This invention relates to'aeheap, simple, and'eifecti've implement forremoving hot panr,'plntes', and similar cooking-utensils, from a stoveor oven. In the accompanying drawings-"-4 Figure Lis a. perspective Viewof n, pan-lifter embodying my invention, the lifter being shown in itscondition forvus'e; and' i Fig'uyreZ is a'perspective View ofthe same inits closed position fortransportation.

' A represents a woodenor other suitab'lehandle, and this handle isprovided with a rod, B, which iS-CODl-Ued to n. longitudinal pathalongjsaid handle by means ofthe staples a a. One lend of the' rod Bi'sprovided with a' swell, b, which serves as a handle, and thefother.end ofvsaid rod terminates in' a hooked portion, C, for the purpose ofengaging-over the edge of the plate or pan. Pivoted at d, to the underside of the handle A, is e Bht-metill lOOp or holder, D, whose lengthVshould be somewhat less'. than the diameter ofthe plate orother`utensilto be lifted. This loop or holder in its effective conditionshould stand at right angles to the handle, as lshown' in fig. 1, butwhen the articles are to bepacked for transportation, it should be swungaround, so as to be parallel with the handle, as represented in iig.'2.'

Before being packed, a. second-screw may be pas-sed through the loop D,so esito prevent anyiaccidental4 displacement of said loop or holder,and, if preferred, when in use, the holder may be permanently attached;v

Instead of makin'gthe bar B and loop D out of metallic strips, they mayhe formed of stout wire.

To remove a, pan onplateffrorn the stove v0r oven, the hooked baris'first shoved out to its full'lengtll, and the lifter is then held insch a. position as'to bring the loop4 D directly in lfront of the pan orplate. The bar B is now retracted by the operator, andfas soon asitshooked portion C cornes in contact with the rear side of the pan, itshoves the llatter forward, and 'causes it to slip into'the loop D, inwhich condition the pan can be safely removed from thefstove, andwithoutv any'dlanger' of burning thehalnds of the operator.' The pan canhe carried Aenydistance inthe lifter, and when it is desired' to releaseit, the rod B is again shoved out, and.

i or it can be placed directly within a cupboard or safe. l claim hereinas new, and'of my invention I the pan is at once dep'ositerlupoin a.'table' A pnLliftcr, consisting of the members A, da", B, C, and D,`tl1ewhole being arranged and operating substantially as herein described andfor the pnrpose set forth i In testimonyrof which invention, hereuntoset my hand, 4.

' MORRILI. A, SHEPARD.

`Witnesses:

-- Y GEO.' H. KNIGHT,

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